Best cheap estate car :)

[SilentDeath]

or even a fiat multipla ...
ugly yet usefull

[Rave]

The MK1/MK2 mondeo diesel motor's horrid, although that compliments the cornering quite nicely A lot of petrols driven sensibly won't do much worse on economy and petrol's cheaper in the first place.

Bah- my father in law has a late (P-reg) Mk1 Mondeo TD (hatch, admittedly, not estate) and it handles fine. The engine couldn't pull the dick off a chocolate mouse until the turbo spins up at 2500RPM, but after that it goes fine. There is no way that any of the petrol engines could come near it for the round town and/or 60mph motorway cruising use it gets. We filled it up in France at the end of our latest booze cruise, and by the time we got home (~80 miles) the needle hadn't moved off the top of the gauge.

I'll have to make sure he changes the oil soon though- apparently it's very important to do it every 6000 miles.

[mad mick]

just got rid of a omega estate 2.0 it was a great car. only paid £100 for it an did 2500 miles. all it needed was a £ 8 radiator from ebay. tip dont take your end of life estate to an auto brakers for the usual 50 quid, go to a scrap metal dealer like (sims) they pay £100 a ton if you take the wheels off. omegas weigh a ton an a half. i got £150 for a car i paid £100 for a year earlyer an kept the wheels with rather expensive 16" 225's if the tread is still good ebay to easy make another 100!

[Behemoth]

Vectra 1.7 td with the Iszuzu Diesel lump instead of the Vauxhall one, practically bullett proof and will go round the clock twice over and then some

[mad mick]

just picked up an old f reg volvo 240glt 2.3i for £130 . it looks sad as but it does 105mph an has all full leather heated seats ect. there are younger people with driving licenses than this car and it still goes like a train. and leaves hot hatches at the lights, the car is poo brown colored so i bet it really knocks there little egos lol

[J4MES]

bro-in-law has a S reg Mondeo estate 2.0, always returns over 40mpg. which is nice...

[Konan555]

Gotta be a Scorpio. Ford's sofa in estate form.

And hey. You can't see it when you're driving it

[Vimeous]

Any Audi 200 Avants left out there?
5-cylinder goodness